July 2, 2014
U.S. private sector businesses added 281,000 jobs from in June according to the June National Employment Report, which is produced monthly by payroll and business services company ADP in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics.
June 26, 2014
Governor Deval Patrick signed legislation to increase the minimum wage in increments to $11 per hour by 2017. The law also lowers unemployment insurance costs.
June 19, 2014
While hospital executives from across Massachusetts meet in Chatham this week, a nurses union is running a radio ad that criticizes Massachusetts hospital chiefs' compensation packages and calls for greater transparency of hospital finances.
June 17, 2014
Despite the growth of cloud-based technology, many accountants are hesitant to move all of their client data and firm management systems online. A survey conducted by CPA2Biz last fall found that 43 percent of CPAs have their doubts about the security of cloud-based applications, feeling “somewhat confident” or “not confident at all.”
June 17, 2014
Payroll and human resources provider Paychex, Inc. has acquired Nettime Solutions, LLC, a maker of cloud-based time and attendance solutions.
June 15, 2014
Justin Norton-Kertson admits he was "kind of surprised" that members of the Portland City Council said anything Wednesday in response to his public testimony about a $15 minimum wage for Portlanders.
June 11, 2014
Private sector employment in the U.S. increased in all nine Census Bureau Divisions during May, according to the monthly ADP Regional Employment Report, which is produced by ADP, a provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics, Inc. The ADP Regional Employment Report measures monthly changes in regional non-farm private employment…
June 10, 2014
A group of payday loan companies being sued by the Federal Trade Commission is liable for deceiving borrowers, a judge has ruled.
June 4, 2014
Paycom, which makes cloud-based payroll and human resources systems, has added a new Push Reporting feature to its payroll system. The feature is meant to increase the quality, speed and efficiency in which human resource executives can populate, produce and analyze employee data generated reports.
June 3, 2014
The Seattle City Council Monday unanimously approved a $15 minimum wage, creating a path over the next seven years to provide the city's lowest-paid workers the nation's highest minimum wage.
May 26, 2014
Jake Branson earns $7.25 an hour making sandwiches at a Subway in Leander, Texas, a suburb of Austin. Those wages used to come in the form of a paper check. Starting last month, though, he began receiving his pay on a prepaid Visa card. Most of it, that is.
May 26, 2014
At $10.74 an hour, San Francisco already has the nation's highest big city minimum wage. But it could soon have company, as labor and community activists in cities from Richmond to Sunnyvale push wage increases that could turn the Bay Area into a high-wage hub.